Round 1: No glove touch. Coenen fakes a takedown very quickly twice and Romy disengages each time. Still feeling each other out. Coenen protecting her right cheek strongly and lands a leg kick as Romy fires back. Coenen lands another leg kick and off-balances Romy who is trying to spin around and find Marloes elsewhere. Coenen stalking a bit and Romy circling only to step in. Romy drives Marloes into the cage and they clinch for a while. Coenen has an over hook and is shoving Romy's face back. ROmy adjusts and hides her face. Romy looking to press Marloes up on the cage. They trade ineffectual knees for a while before the break. The referee deducts a point for grabbing the cage and resets them on the break. Coenen catches a kick and fires an overhand right. Romy pulls guard with her back on the cage and they remain in an odd closed guard up against the cage. COenen drops down and starts elbowing Romy in the face. Romy is moving for an armbar, but Coenen keeps elbowing away. Romy still in position, although she moves an arm up to cover her face. Marloes trapping the arm across Romy's face and Romy is turning red, but gives the thumbs up to the referee. Romy shifting again for a sweep or armbar. Starts kneeing Coenen in the back. Marloes elbows the body of Romy with her right arm, while the left arm continues to trap the arm and head. Marloes looking for a submission, but the referee stands them up. Terrible stand-up. They break and Romy takes the initiative with some punches and a body kick/knee. Coenen pushes Romy up on the cage and they work through the overhooks/underhooks combinations with some toe stomps from Coenen. The round ends. 10-8, Coenen, due to the point deduction on Romy for the cage grabs.

Round 2: Marloes comes out a bit more and Romy tries to counter a teep with a one two, but eats a punch in return. Marloes still gluing her hand to her right cheek. Romy catches a teep and tries to floow it up with a kick takedown, but Marloes hops back and they shuffle around. Marloes looking to keep range in her control and Romy is backing up and moving in at odd times to seize control herself. Coenen comes in and pushes Romy up on the cage. Romy throws up a knee shield and works the overhook. Marloes fires a knee to the thigh and a knee to the other leg. Romy passive here and Marloes starting to work the knees more and more. A bigger knee from Marloes lands and she is continuing to land with the knees to the leg. Romy has a Thai plum, but does nothing with it. Marloes continuing to work knees and Romy pulls guard once more. Marloes keeps upright and pushes Romy against the cage. This has to be killing the legs of Romy. Marloes lands with two big elbows and Romy pushes her off. They stand once more. Romy lands with a superman one-two. Wow. Marloes clinches immediately and pushes Romy on the cage once more. THey work for position and Marloes fires more knees. Romy tries to turn the clinch, but Marloes is having none of it. Marloes continues to fire off knees and ton control the clinch well. Romy goes for a quick guillotine, but Coenen backs out. Marloes lands a nice, unexpected elbow and Romy clinches tighter. Marloes is spun around, but counters with another spin. Another knee lands for Marloes and she appears to be grinding Romy down quite well. Some more knee-based offense from Marloes and she works within the clinch as the round ends. 10-9, Coenen.

Round 3: They open with some heat and both trade strikes to the body. Coenen looking to win the footwork battle. She lands a nice punch as Romy looks for the counter without success. Marloes evades a few slow kick attempts. Romy dodges a kick and circles to the right. Romy dashes in and pins Marloes on the fence. Romy has an underhook and overhook, but is spun around. Marloes fires more knees off and is punishing Romy from the Thai plum quite well. Romy digs a body punch, but eats an elbow on the now open side. ROmy is up on her tip toes and using the knee shield, but Marloes is finding ways to land more and more knees. Romy has double overhooks, but Marloes frees herself and delivers more knees as a payback for that. Marloes just grinding away on the cage here and Romy pulls guard and goes for a standing neck crank a la Alvarez/Kikuno. Coenen stays calm and upright. Romy cinches closed guard and tries to transition it to a guillotine. Marloes fights it off and we are back to the clinch. Romy is firing body punches with vigor, but Marloes does not flinch. They work a little bit, but are broken by the referee. Romy engages slowly and Marloes looks more aggressive, landing a teep that shoves Romy back on the cage. And they're back to the linch with Marloes winning the battle after a few seconds. Romy working body digs and the knee shield. Marloes lands a nice short elbow and they both spin around. Marloes tries to work a single leg and gets the kick takedown as the round ends. 10-9 Coenen. Bloody Elbow scores it 30-26 for Marloes Coenen.

It appears that Coenen is complaining about a dislocated finger on her left hand. The ringside doctor is treating it and Romy is being taken care of by her own corners. Coenen's finger is reset right there in the ring and Stitch Duran pats her dry. The commentary team continues talking about Coenen and the next Invicta, which is scheduled for July 28. Official decision coming up.